McCreadie, Erb to lead Saturday's Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals to green

Tim McCreadie will start the Knoxville Nationals from the pole

After two nights of preliminary action, the starting lineup for the 17th annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals at the Knoxville(IA) Raceway is taking shape. Drivers received points for their efforts in qualifying, heat races, and features contested on Thursday and Friday. Those points were used to set the first twelve rows for Saturday’s $50,000-to-win main event.

The 100-lap feature race will be aired live by MavTV Plus and MavTV.

Here is the starting lineup:

1. Tim McCreadie, 2. Tyler Erb, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Kyle Strickler, 5. Brandon Sheppard, 6. Ricky Weiss, 7. Earl Pearson Jr., 8. Jonathan Davenport, 9. Ricky Thornton Jr., 10. Tyler Bruening, 11. Hudson O’Neal, 12. Jimmy Owens, 13. Chase Junghans, 14. Chad Simpson, 15. Frank Heckenast, 16. Spencer Hughes, 17. Kyle Bronson, 18. Josh Richards, 19. Chris Simpson, 20. Shannon Babb, 21. Shane Clanton, 22. Tad Pospisil, 23. Jeremiah Hurst, 24. Logan Martin

Positions 25-30 will be filled by two B-main races to be held on Saturday prior to the feature.

B-main 1 Lineup(Top-3 transfer):

Row	Car #	Competitor	Car #	Competitor
1	56JR	Tony Jackson Jr. – Lebanon, MO	25F	Jason Feger – Bloomington, IL
2	45	Kyle Hammer – Clinton, IL	33	Nick Marolf – Moscow, IA
3	30	Todd Cooney – Des Moines, IA	51	Matt Furman – Iowa City, IA
4	29D	Spencer Diercks – Davenport, IA	93	Mason Oberkramer – Broseley, MO
5	10K	Shawn Kirwin – Morris, MN	14M	Reid Millard – Jefferson City, MO
6	6H	Al Humphrey – Giltner, NE	53	Andrew Kosiski – Lavista, NE

B-main 2 Lineup(Top-3 transfer):

Row	Car #	Competitor	Car #	Competitor
1	21B	Rich Bell – Sheffield, IL	59	Garrett Alberson – Las Cruces, NM
2	19R	Ryan Gustin – Marshalltown, IA	98	Jason Rauen – Farley, IA
3	22M	Charlie McKenna – Ames, IA	21M	Luke Merfeld – Dubuque, IA
4	1X	Aaron Marrant – Richmond, MO	80	Allan Hopp – Harlan, IA
5	248	Tim Lance – Brimfield, IL	10	Junior Coover – Norfolk, NE
6	22H	Daniel Hilsabeck – Earlham, IA